Dark Sentiments 2015 – Day 8: Who’s Hungry?

| October 8, 2015

Don’t worry. This isn’t my annual “The Year in Cannibalism” piece. That’s yet to come; although it must be admitted that nothing says “cannibalism” like a child smoothie. What we have for you tonight is a delightfully blood spattered animated interpretation of the Brothers Grimm tale, Hansel and Gretel. Produced by the California Institute of […]

Dark Sentiments 2015 – Day 7: Stonefall

| October 7, 2015

Much of the land that, if I may be so bold, we call “our own”, is covered with a mixture of second growth forest interspersed with a smattering of ancient Pine Trees that have escaped undisturbed by the hand of Man. Walking west from the house, the land rises rapidly over a distance of some […]

Dark Sentiments 2015 – Day 6: Fun with Death

| October 6, 2015

On their YouTube channel’s “about“ page, the “CGBros” describe themselves as, “… relentless curators of the best educational & inspirational examples in CG from around the world ….” In our relentless search for Dark Sentiments, we’ve found their efforts have more than hit the mark. So, with their aid, for your edification tonight Dear Reader, […]

Dark Sentiments 2015 – Day 4: Death Songs and Promises

| October 4, 2015

Death Songs and Promises By LFM The leaf of Autumn’s bright display Comes bittersweet with tinge of death, Yet shares the bough with wing-ed seed Poised now to glide on hopeful breath. Even as the leaf doth sing Its death song loud in colours bold, Upon the ground joins humble seed, Now scarcely glimpsed amid […]

Dark Sentiments 2015 – Day 3: Everybody Has a Past

| October 3, 2015

Tonight’s Dark Sentiment is a Welsh documentary from 2007 that touches in many places on material I visited in 2010 – the first year this series every saw the dark of night. I therefore recommend that you revisit those heady days of yore with Dark Sentiments – Day 15 and Dark Sentiments – Day 23, […]

Dark Sentiments 2015 – Day 1: Never Tenderized but Better Seasoned

| October 1, 2015

  So you’ve come back Goode Readers. Welcome, and may I say that it’s nice to see your faces again, even as I note more than a few of you are a little more scarred and worn about the chassis than this time last year. Ah well; you’re still above the sod, and time wounds […]

The Bitch Tied to the Bedpost

| September 5, 2015

    Billingr’s girl watches on while Odin encounters the bitch tied to her bedpost (1895) by Lorenz Frølich is a lovely piece of art work depicting a monumental moment in the history of the cock tease. The piece is based on a tale attributed to Odin Himself that has come down to us by […]

I Honed My Knife for This?

| August 22, 2015

In the tradition established by my earlier pieces, The Game – Sharp and To the Point and When Zip Met John, I offer this. I Honed My Knife for This? By LFM An urge to drain my bilge was how I met the stupid lad. He was lurking just outside the door Where toilets could […]

Ode to the Colicky Bairn

| August 15, 2015

By all reports, Mrs. LFM and I were both colicky babies. Having both been born at a very young age, neither of us has any direct recollection, so we’re forced to take parental word on that. Rumour has it that 40% of babies have colic, and whether or not that is accurate, SFM Lukas represents […]

Of Flags and Standards

| July 11, 2015

This poem was inspired by an event that occurred just last night on the south shore of Nova Scotia. Symbols Three Dogs and I went out last eve’ To fertilize the yard, Yet soon I saw my comrades pause, Each silently aguard. Up stream upon the river Was where each had set their gaze. So […]